APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR 2012 BYAR YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD AND BIOMETRICS SECTION TRAVEL AWARDS
Do you know a young investigator who is planning to submit an abstract for the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM)? If so, you may wish to alert that individual that the ASA Biometrics Section is seeking applications for the 2012 David P. Byar Young Investigator Award. This annual award is given to a young investigator for best emerging work to be presented at the JSM. The award commemorates the late David Byar, a biostatistician who made significant contributions to the development and application of statistical methods and was esteemed as an exceptional mentor during his career at the National Cancer Institute. The winner will receive a $1,500 cash award.
In addition to the Byar Award, the Section may provide travel awards to the authors of other outstanding papers that are submitted to the competition.
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
Have held a doctorate in statistics, biostatistics or a related quantitative field for three years or less as of April 1 of the current year, or be currently enrolled as a student in a doctoral program in statistics or biostatistics and in active pursuit of a doctoral degree.
Be a current member of the Biometrics Section (applicant may join at the time of submission for a $5 annual membership fee [$3 for students]). Please note that membership in ASA does not automatically confer Section membership; ASA members must join individual sections in addition to their generic membership.
Be first author of the paper. The paper may be unsubm itted, submitted or under review, b ut may not have already appeared in a journal either on-line or in print at the time of the application or have been accepted for publication as of December 15 of 2011.
Be scheduled to present the same paper submitted for the Award at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, CA as either a talk or poster.
Applicants must submit their JSM abstracts to the Biometrics Section, which will organize a series of Topic Contributed sessions to highlight the Byar award and travel awards winners.
Please note that to better coordinate with the JSM Program Committee, we have moved the submission deadline to December 15, 2011.
Applicants should complete their application by submitting the following materials:
All materials must be submitted electronically on or before December 15, 2011. Applications and questions should be sent J. Jack Lee at jjlee@mdanderson.org.
The 2012 Awards Committee is composed of the 2012 current and past Section Chairs and Chair-Elect as well as three additional individuals to be appointed by the Section Chairs prior to the competition.
For the 2012 competition, the finalists of Byar Awards will be announced by January 15, 2012. Finalists should contact the Section JSM Program Chair, Timothy D. Johnson (tdjtdj@umich.edu) and submit a Topic Contributed abstract to the JSM.
Information regarding this award is also available on the Section webpage, easily accessed by clicking on the "Section" tab at the top of the ASA website (www.amstat.org).